Plant Biotechnology for Sustainable Production of Energy and Co-products

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mascia, Peter N. (Editor), Scheffran, J<U+00fc>rgen. (Editor), Widholm, Jack M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 66
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Agriculture.; Forests and forestry.; Plant breeding.; Renewable energy sources.; Sustainable development.; Life Sciences.; Forestry.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Sustainable Development.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13440-1

The successful use of plant biomass for the sustainable production of energy and co-products such as chemicals is critically important for the future of humanity. Large scale exploitation of biomass is needed to decrease the production of greenhouse gases and help mitigate global warming, to provide...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Biofuels
• Specific Biofuel Feedstocks
• Mitigating Invasiveness
• Models for Uses of Biomass Feedstocks
• Agricultural Fit of Biomass Crops and Lifecycle Analysis and Criteria.